Luis Forlan is the Director of Guatemala's ccTLD, .gt, at the University de Valle de Guatemala. He has been a professor of Computer Science since 1970, and has been working as the director of the University's management of .gt since 1992.

Country: Guatemala

He is the chair of the University's Computer Science Department and the Director for its Center of Interactive Technologies.[1]

He is also a member of ISOC, IEEE, and LACTLD.

Prof. Forlan was elected as the president of CLARA, the advanced network for Latin America in August, 2010. [2]

Honors

  • Inductee, the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala, 2010.
  • Nominee, The Guatemalan Congressional Medal of Science and Technology, 1999.
  • Declared Oustanding Pioneer in Guatemalan Computing, 1995.
  • LASPAU scholar 1966-1970 and 1973-1975.[3]

References

  1. UVG.edu
  2. ICANN40 SF Interview
  3. LinkedIn